RT Journal Article
T1 Pruebas morfológicas y estructurales sobre el origen de las fracturas de descamación
T2 Morphological and structural evidences concerning the origin of sheet fractures
A1 Vidal Romaní, Juan Ramón
A1 Twidale, C.R.
A1 Campbell, E.M.
A1 Centeno Carrillo, Juan de Dios
AB Sheet fractures are well and widely developed in massive rocks, i.e., rocks lacking other partings, and they have been discussed in the literature for more than a century. Yet there is no agreement as to their origino Two contrastedinterpretations hold sway. Almost without exception, geologist adhere to the pressure release or erosional offloading hypothesis. Engineers and engineering geologist, on the other hand, interpret sheet partings as buckling, i.e., crumpling or bending out of plane, related to compressive stresses, particularly lateral stresses.After a review of nomenclature and a description of the characteristics of sheet fractures, a critique of previous explanations of their origin is presented. What are perceived to be critical lines of structural and morphological evidence, bearing on the origin of sheet fracture are next reviewed, and this is followed bya discusion of the possible origins of the structures.
PB Seminario de Estudos Galegos. Area de Xeoloxía e Minería ;  Instituto Universitario de Xeoloxía "Isidro Parga Pondal"
SN 0213-4497
YR 1995
FD 1995
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/59869
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/59869
LA spa
DS Docta Complutense
RD 7 abr 2025